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Chapter 26 Pre-Test
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. 1. Internal pressures in Africa between 1750 and 1870 resulted in: a. the acceptance of Christianity as the official religion b. the creation of new states c. Africans returning to hunting and gathering d. new alliances with Malaysian and Australian states for military protection 2. The Nguni peoples of southeastern Africa traditionally had pursued a life based on: a. the Atlantic slave trade b. mining and mineral wealth c. cattle and agriculture d. hunting and raiding 3. The Zulu kingdom arose primarily from: a. centralized African defense against the British b. internal conflicts over grazing and farm lands c. individuals brought to power by the Portuguese d. conflicts over hunting lands and the gold rush 4. The most powerful and most feared fighters in southern Africa were: a. the Zulu b. the Egyptians c. the Ethiopians d. the Algerians 5. The kingdom of Lesotho was created: a. as labor camps to benefit the British b. to protect their peoples from the Dutch c. by attracting refugees from Zulu raids d. originally as paper states that did not exist 6. The Zulu succeeded in creating: a. a new national identity b. a new system of writing c. a new economic system based on cowrie shells d. none of the above 7. The consolidation of West African states, such as the Sokoto Caliphate, was inspire by:

a. Buddhism b. the slave trade c. Christianity d. Islam 8. Muhammad Alis creation of modern Egypt was shaped by the shock of: a. the invading Ottoman armies b. encountering the Industrial Revolution c. Napoleons occupation of Egypt d. Portuguese raids deep into the Red Sea area 9. How did Muhammad Ali modernize Egypt? a. By using European advisors and experts b. By creating a modern military and administration c. By reform landholding to increase agricultural production d. all of the above 10. Egyptian modernization was paid for by: a. expanding into weaker neighboring states b. fighting for the British in return for money c. encouraging peasants to grow cotton for export d. mining, primarily of silver 11. Despite the fact that Egypts modernization made it the strongest state in the Islamic world: a. Egypt fell into debt to Europe b. Egypt could not compete with the Sokoto Caliphate c. the Egyptian military lost many battles in Algeria d. Egyptian printing was never up to European standards 12. After the consolidation of Ethiopia, the Emperor Tewodros made ________ a top priority: a. educational reform b. economic reform c. the purchase of European weapons and local production of weapons d. an alliance with Portuguese settlers 13. The French invasion of Algeria was originally a result of: a. a Frenchman slapping the Algerian ambassador b. Algerians taking French officials hostage c. the French wanting to plunder Algerian wealth d. a dispute over the French government not repaying Algerian loans 14. In addition to military intrusion into Africa, European explorers were peacefully: a. investigating African geographic mysteries and assessing African trading potentials

b. trying to build a new foundation for the slave trade c. doing research fro new encyclopedias on tropical regions d. looking for ancient ruins and burial sites to fill European museums 15. Why did the slave trade end? a. Slave revolts b. Humanitarian reform movements c. The plantation system became self sufficient d. Both a and b 16. Ironically, the British were the worlds greatest slave traders and later: a. became the most aggressive suppressers of the slave trade b. reopened the slave trade with the Asante c. interfered with the French treatment of their slaves in Saint Domingue d. replaced factory workers with African slaves 17. Africans wanted European manufactured goods, so when the slave trade ended: a. Africans satisfied their demand for goods by developing indigenous manufacturing b. Africans expanded their trade by developing new exports c. Africans learned to manage without European goods d. Africans were never able to afford European goods 18. The most successful export from West Africa after abolition was: a. palm oil b. gold c. ivory d. lumber 19. The spread of Western cultural influences in West Africa was due in large part to: a. mission churches and schools in Sierra Leone and Liberia b. British traders, traveling deep into Africa c. mass conversions of Africans to Christianity d. powerful European military forces 20. Eastern African states are referred to as secondary empires because they were: a. created by Arabs and Africans who had close trading relations with European trading empires b. much smaller than ordinary empires c. not run as efficiently as most empires d. all of the above 21. Although the East India Company was founded in 1600, the British gradually colonized India by: a. defeating the French

b. outmaneuvering Dutch traders c. picking apart the decaying Mughal Empire d. all of the above 22. Sepoys were Indian troops: a. who fought against the nawabs b. who were hired and trained by European East India companies c. who fought for Hindu India against the Muslims d. who fought against the British in India 23. The East India Companys rule of India took off after the: a. first shipment of pepper to England in 1620 b. opening of the Suez Canal c. victory at Bengal in 1765 d. death of the last Mughal emperor 24. The central British reform in India before 1850 aimed to: a. create a powerful and self-sufficient government b. establish many new Indian regiments c. begin the process of industrialization d. remove Muslims, leaving Hindus in control 25. The British attitude toward Indian tradition and ceremony was generally to: a. ignore their existence b. end them and further British control c. encourage and reform them d. replace them with strictly British customs 26. The EIC transformed the Indian economy by: a. destroying the Indian mercantile economy b. expanding agricultural production and decreasing industrial output c. extending social security benefits to all castes d. taxing merchants on a lower scale than farmers 27. The Sepoy Rebellion in 1857 was sparked by: a. British attempts to end sepoy religious practices b. the refusal to promote sepoys as officers c. the use of only Bengalis as sepoys d. the use of a new rifle cartridge 28. Why was the Sepoy Rebellion a turning point in the history of India? a. The British were finally rebuffed and withdrew from India b. the Sepoys successfully pushed the British out of Bengal c. India came to be ruled directly by the British government d. It inspired the development of new weapons that did not require gunpowder

29. The Indian Civil Service comprised mostly: a. educated British administrators b. Indians educated in Britain c. the families of Indian princes d. British military leaders 30. Despite the expansion of Indian trade: a. the population became addicted to opium and was unproductive as a result b. British policies caused Indian manufacture to atrophy and poverty to be the norm c. India still needed to import tea and cotton d. None of the above 31. In 1870, the Indian railroad system was: a. among the worlds largest b. practically nonexistent c. still run by Indians d. for the British only few Indians used it 32. The deadliest disease in India was kala mari (black death), also know as: a. Calcutta fever b. bubonic plague c. scarlet fever d. cholera 33. The Indian National Congress initially sought more rights for Indians: a. by promoting ethnic and religious unity b. by armed revolt c. through hunger strikes d. through sabotage and subversion 34. The Dutch turned their colonies over to Britain after: a. Britain defeated the Dutch armies at Talavera b. The French armies occupied the Netherlands c. the British captured Dutch Guiana d. none of the above 35. Cape Colony was initially important to the British because it: a. was Britains first foothold in Africa b. had great mineral wealth c. was a supply station for the lengthy India route d. showed that the French could be defeated overseas 36. The migration of Afrikaners from British ruled Cape Colony for fertile land in the north is called: a. the Great Escape b. the Great Trek

c. the Long March d. the Death March 37. The underlying goal of British imperialism in the mid-nineteenth century was to: a. control foreign territory b. promote British trade overseas c. beat other nations to new territories d. protect British citizens overseas 38. Global commercial and colonial expansion was hastened by: a. the construction of larger and faster ships b. the desire to push the French out of Africa c. industrialization that required cheap raw materials and markets for manufactured goods d. both a and c 39. The former British North American colonies and Australia were similar in that: a. both were considered part of Britain in 1900 b. they utilized existing local systems of control c. British colonist displaced indigenous peoples in both places d. they were settled at about the same time 40. The first British settlers in Australia were: a. soldiers who had been mustered out b. exiled convicts c. homesteaders who received grants of land d. recruited from settlements in India

Identifications
Directions: On a separate sheet of binder paper, please define each term and explain why it is significant. Zulu Muhammad Ali Nawabs Sepoy Rebellion modernization Legitimate trade British Raj Indian National Congress